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| Author(s): |
Roger Gomes Fernandes
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | São Carlos. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos (EESC/SBD) |
| Defense date: | 2017-02-10 |
| Examining board members: |
Eduardo Bellini Ferreira;
Marcello Rubens Barsi Andreeta;
Valmor Roberto Mastelaro;
Marcelo Falcão de Oliveira;
Edgar Dutra Zanotto
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| Advisor: | Eduardo Bellini Ferreira |
| Abstract | |
The densification rate of glass particle compacts during a temperature rise can approximately be calculated from the so-called Clusters model of sintering with concurrent crystallization, in which the particle shape effect is treated as a correction factor and determined as a fitting parameter. Thus, a model-independent particle shape parameter still has to be considered so that glass sintering kinetics can be precisely calculated. Aiming to access the particle shape effect on the glass sintering kinetics with concurrent crystallization, the crystallization peak of a glass particle compact was determined by Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) and evaluated as a function of particle shape, regarding distinct regular morphologies. The crystallization kinetics was calculated considering distinct models of glass particle phase transformation. Crystals were considered to nucleate heterogeneously on particles surface. The expected DSC crystallization peaks were calculated for glass particles with near-stoichiometric diopside composition (\'Ca\'\'O\'.\'Mg\'\'O\'.2\'Si\'\'O IND.2\') heated up at a constant rate (10°C/min), and compared with the crystallization peak experimentally obtained for diopside glass powders with irregular shape and different granulometries. The characterization of the initial particle shape and the microstructure of non-isothermally sintered glass compacts aided in the interpretation of the results. The calculated crystallization peaks stand in the same temperature range as the experimental one, although the peak maxima vary as a function of crystallization kinetics due to the different particle shapes. For the purposes of the present research, there was a clear agreement, yet not perfect, between the calculated curves and experimental data, showing that DSC is a promise technique to characterize an effective shape factor to assess the glass particle sinter-crystallization kinetics. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 13/09234-4 - A shape factor of sintering glass particles from the crystallization kinetics determined by DSC |
| Grantee: | Roger Gomes Fernandes |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |